Execution of King Louis XVI
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- King Louis XIV’s Failed Escape
- Mean while, Tuileries Palace
- Hurry up, before they catch us!
- In June 1791, Louis XVI and his family tried to escape from France, but they failed. King Louis XVI’s attempted escape showed he was a traitor to the revolution.
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- The Jacobins
- Girondins ↓
- Jacobins ↓
- Death to the tyrant! The King must fall for the Revolution to live!
- A vote for justice!
- The National Convention was slowly get controlled by the Jacobins. The Jacobins was a radical political club, and members of the Jacobins were mostly middle-class lawyers or intellectuals.
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- The Jacobins
- Girondins ↓
- Jacobins ↓
- 361 out of the 700 have voted for the execution of Louis XIV. I announced King Louis XVI will be executed by guillotine in the Place de la Révolution on January 21st of 1793.
- The National Convention was slowly get controlled by the Jacobins. The Jacobins was a radical political club, and members of the Jacobins were mostly middle-class lawyers or intellectuals.
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- Execution of King Louis XVI
- King Louis was tried for treason and convicted. In January 1973, he was beheaded by the guillotine. In October of the same year, his wife Marie Antoinette was also executed.
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- Execution of King Louis XVI
- What have we done?
- King Louis was tried for treason and convicted. In January 1973, he was beheaded by the guillotine. In October of the same year, his wife Marie Antoinette was also executed.
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- Rise of Robespierre
- The revolution cannot survive if the King is allowed to live!
- Robespierre headed the Committee of Public Safety. He came to power as the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, and dominated position in the revolutionary government. He believed that France could achieve a “republic of virtue“ only through the use of terror.
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- I only ever wanted what was best for my people…I die innocent!
- Death to the tyrant! The King must fall for the Revolution to live!
- A vote for justice!
- The tyrant is dead! Long live the revolution!
- Let's go, finally no monarchy!
- We must act swiftly and without mercy!
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